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SUMMARY:Dissection neural circuits in the early visual system
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DESCRIPTION:KARL FARROW\, PHD\nPrincipal Investigator\, NERF / VIB\nAssist
 ant Professor\, KU Leuven\nWhat the brain knows about the visual world is 
 derived solely from the activity of retinal ganglion cells\, the output of
  the retina. Retinal ganglion cells are made up more than 40 subtypes tha
 t each responds best to a particular feature in the visual scene and send 
 information to at least 20 distinct destinations in the brain.\n\nTo under
 stand how visual processing in the retina influences visually guided behav
 ior we dissect the circuitry linking the retina with one of its main ce
 ntral brain targets\, the superior colliculus\, and map out the feature 
 space encoded there. Dissecting this circuitry enables us to establish 
 causal links between the activity of specific retinal ganglion cell subty
 pes and visually guided orientating behaviors.\n\nBio:\nPhD: Max-Planck-In
 stitute of Neurobiology. Munich\, Germany\, 2001 - 2005. \nPostdoc: Harva
 rd Medical School\, 2005 - 2007.\nPostdoc: Friedrich Miescher Institute\, 
 2007 - 2012\nNERF / VIB Group Leader\, since April 2013   
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